More than A Race: 2012 B.C. Bike Race Photos and Results

Stage Two: Mudfest

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The second stage began and ended in Campbell River, a fishing town on northern Vancouver Island. There, a small but dedicated crew of riders has established a vast network of technical cross-country trails. The rocks and roots and rippling trail undulations would be difficult in any conditions, but steady rain turned much of the trail into a soupy muck. Roots were slick as ice, and the normally smooth sections of trail were churned into fields of mud by 520 hard-charging racers.